E79.0 Hyperuricemia without signs of inflammatory arthritis and tophaceous disease

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Asymptomatic hyperuricemia

Applies from E79 Disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism

Excludes1 (never code together)

• Ataxia-telangiectasia (Q87.19)
• Bloom's syndrome (Q82.8)
• Cockayne's syndrome (Q87.19)
• calculus of kidney (N20.0)
• combined immunodeficiency disorders (D81.-)
• Fanconi's anemia (D61.09)
• gout (M1A.-, M10.-)
• orotaciduric anemia (D53.0)
• progeria (E34.8)
• Werner's syndrome (E34.8)
• xeroderma pigmentosum (Q82.1)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 947-948 in MDC 23.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 790.6 Other abnormal blood chemistry (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to E79.0

Back-references to E79.0

• Type 1 Excludes: R79 Other abnormal findings of blood chemistry ("asymptomatic hyperuricemia (E79.0)")

Back-references to E79

• Type 1 Excludes: E72 Other disorders of amino-acid metabolism ("purine and pyrimidine metabolism (E79.-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: G11 Hereditary ataxia ("metabolic disorders (E70-E88)")
• Type 2 Excludes: G11.3 Cerebellar ataxia with defective DNA repair ("other disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism (E79.-)")
• Code First: G63 Polyneuropathy in diseases classified elsewhere ("metabolic diseases (E70-E88)")
• Type 2 Excludes: G71 Primary disorders of muscles ("metabolic disorders (E70-E88)")
• Code First: H42 Glaucoma in diseases classified elsewhere ("specified metabolic disorder (E70-E88)")
• Type 2 Excludes: N25.0 Renal osteodystrophy ("metabolic disorders classifiable to E70-E88")
• Type 2 Excludes: N25.81 Secondary hyperparathyroidism of renal origin ("metabolic disorders classifiable to E70-E88")
• Type 1 Excludes: P59 Neonatal jaundice from other and unspecified causes ("jaundice due to inborn errors of metabolism (E70-E88)")

Diagnosis Index entries for E79.0

• Hyperuricemia (asymptomatic)
• Lithemia
• Uric acid in blood (increased)
• Uricacidemia (asymptomatic)
• Uricemia (asymptomatic)

Nearby codes

• E79 Disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism
• E79.0 Hyperuricemia without signs of inflammatory arthritis and tophaceous disease (this code)
• E79.1 Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
• E79.2 Myoadenylate deaminase deficiency
• E79.8 Other disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism
• E79.81 Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome
• E79.82 Hereditary xanthinuria